Litotes:
| Litotes |
Metonymy |
Synecdoche |
| "That does not surprise me." |
The ship plowed through the sea. |
"His parents bought him a new set of wheels [car]" |
| "The food was not bad." |
The sails crossed the ocean. |
"Use your head [brain] to figure it out." |
| "That was no big deal." |
"Lend me your ear" |
"Michigan [the government of Michigan] just passed a law addressing this problem." |
| "Don't fail me now!" |
"Sweat" for "Hard work" |
"The cutthroats [assassins] there will as soon shoot a man as look at him." |
| "She is not so unkind" |
"Dish" for a course (in dining) |
Could you pass me a Kleenex [facial tissue]?" |
| "She was not a little cross." |
"Press" for news media |
"No creature [person] would believe that story." |
| "You're not wrong." |
"Tongue" for a language or dialect |
"Those are some nice threads [clothes]." |